Although Tommy Hearns at 6 1"towered over the 5 8" Hagler. Hagler looked the more solid and natural middleweight. This was the key point in the fight, and hagler knew it. Thats why he dispensed with any scouting reorts and charged after Hearns from the opening bell like a bull in a china shop. He got close to hearns to nulify Hearns height and reach advantage, and turned what could have ended up a chess match between two talented boxers, into a street fight. It was a gamble in some ways and when hearns stunned hagler with a right in the first round, it was a rare occasion when u could actually see Hagler hurt, but he got through that and began to pummel hearns with some thudding punches before the end of the round. hearns probably felt those punches down to his boots, and in his first outing as a middleweight, he just simply couldnt absorb them. His pencil thin legs were wobbly towards the end of the second round and it was only a matter of time before Haglers concentrated brutality paid of. It reminded me of a giraffe fighting a rhino. pedro
